Orchestra 2001

Description:

Saturday, 4/21/12 at 8:00pm, The Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 South Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia (Pre-concert Discussion 7:30pm)

Sunday 4/22/12 at 7:30pm, Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College (Preconcert Discussion 7:00pm)

What does music sound like that blends western instruments with a Balinese gamelan and Balinese dancers? Thomas Whitman's new commissioned work does exactly that.  Gerald Levinson's Black Magic/White Magic was written in Bali and breathes exotic Indonesian atmospheres.  And we conclude our mini-Boulez cycle with that astrounding composer's Dérive I.

Guest Artists: Freda Herseth, mezzo-soprano; Swarthmore's Gamelan Semara Santi and Indonesian Cultural Club Dancers

PROGRAME

Pierre Boulez:  Dérive I (area premiere)
Gerald Levinson:  Black Magic/White Magic
Thomas Whitman:  new work (world premiere)